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Public Economics

Class at Faculty of Social Sciences |
JEM203

Syllabus

  Topics covered in the course

Welfare economics

Direct taxes

Indirect taxes

Tax incidence

Corporate taxation

Tax avoidance

Tax evasion

Inequality

Pensions and social benefits

Annotation

This course introduces advanced thinking in public economics and public finance for graduate students of economics.

The objective is to provide students with a thorough understanding of research in selected topics in public economics and public finance. By actively participating in this course, students improve their understanding of the role of government, taxation, and public budgets. Students learn how to use the tools of economics for the analysis of government expenditures and tax policies.

The course uses Microsoft Teams (see syllabus for details).